List of Great Central Railway locomotives and rolling stock

The Great Central has a varied fleet of steam classes representing each of the United Kingdom's "Big Four" railway companies and British Rail.

This locomotive is now owned by the Darlington Railway Preservation Society and arrived at the GCR in November 2012 for the completion of its overhaul.

After being purchased by Pete Waterman's Transport Trust, it was stored outside the Crewe Heritage Centre still in its Barry Scrapyard condition.

Many have huge traction efforts despite their small sizes, making them more than capable of hauling large passenger trains.

In addition to the larger network shunters there is also a modest collection of old industrial designs in varying states of repair.

With period railway scenes in mind and with the cheaper and more effective running costs they can deliver, there are a handful of ex-British Rail diesel shunters based on site.

Both railways have a large collection of heritage diesel locomotives and hold at least two galas each year to run them, in addition to parallel operations with the steam fleet.

Whole sets of coaches are in use on a daily basis, from rare LNER postal vehicles and observation cars to the far more common BR Mk1s.

More modern BR stock is not really at home on a railway with period recreation in mind, but many have found work behind the scenes of the heritage operations.

However, the Northern section intends to create a full vacuum-braked Mk2 set to replicate another lost era in British Rail history, taking less-efficient vehicles out of rotation as better examples are brought in.

Still more are used to run demonstration freight trains at the GCR's gala events illustrating a time when most goods were carried by rail.

[110] Lengthy trains of mineral wagons were a common feature on British Railways and the Windcutter Project set out to recreate such scenes.

The appeal was a huge success, Steam Railway readers and supporters of GCR raised over £14,000 to purchase and restore the wagons.

All BR un-fitted freight vehicles were painted grey and hence to recreate the overall appearance of a steam era mineral train the majority of the wagons in the ‘Windcutter’ fleet have been restored in this colour.

When moving to Stratford depot it underwent a repaint receiving a smart BR blue livery with the words "Liverpool Street Station Pilot" painted along the running plate.